Mortgage rates climb
WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages this week climbed to their highest point since late July, rising just above the 6 percent mark.

Commission subpoenas documents from TXU
DALLAS - Texas electric utility TXU Corp. announced the Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed documents dealing with its financially troubled European operations, which triggered a sharp drop in the company's stock in 2002.

Minimal losses close out week
NEW YORK - A late-session selloff kept stocks narrowly mixed Thursday as cautious investors took what little profits they could from a disappointing week marked by an interest rate hike and inflation concerns.

Air fare increase appears to stick
DALLAS - The third fare increase by U.S. airlines in a month appeared to be sticking Wednesday after the last major holdout, United Airlines, went along with raising many domestic fares by $10 per round trip.

Crude oil prices rise, reversing most of selloff
Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel Thursday, reversing a good chunk of a three-day selloff, though traders downplayed the supply impact of a deadly explosion a day earlier at America's third-largest petroleum refinery.

Canyon EDC to meet
Canyon Economic Development Corp. will meet at 2:30 p.m. today in the commission chamber of Canyon City Hall.

For Your Information
Musical Gala to help academy's students - Ascension Academy's Musical Gala will be at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at the Santa Fe Auditorium, 900 S. Polk St.

Heloise: Screen door the answer to separate cat, new baby
Dear Heloise: My friend just became a grandmother for the first time. Her son has a cat, and his wife had concerns with a new baby coming. Their solution was to replace the door on the baby's room with a screen door, allowing all to hear the baby without having her closed in and still keeping the cat out.

Dr. Gott: Testing called for with reader's nerve woe
DEAR DR. GOTT: I am 80 and in good health except for weak legs following spinal surgery six years ago. A neuromuscular specialist diagnosed myelopathy and prescribed Neurontin, without much benefit. Do you have any suggestions?

Dear Abby: HIV clients refuse to warn partners
DEAR ABBY: I am an HIV counselor in Chicago, and I'm extremely concerned about the number of clients I counsel who have cheated on their partners. These are people being tested because they're afraid they have HIV, and yet they actively choose not to protect their partners. The usual response I hear when I ask them why is, "If I start using condoms, or ask my partner to use them, she/he will know something is up."

Grow citrus in containers
No offense, begonia growers. Sorry, fern fanciers. But if Adam Holland has his way, container-grown lemons and limes, oranges and grapefruit will become the next big trend in houseplants.

Heloise: Idea great for moms with kids
DEAR HELOISE: At the beginning of this school year, I made a generic school slip for my kids to use when they need to be excused early or were absent due to illness.

Does Fido hate your date?
So far, so good: You've leapt over the initial hurdles - the awkward exchange of phone numbers, the crucial first date - and everyone agrees your new significant other is a catch. That is, everyone except your pet.

Palmer paired with Tiger
For the first time in his PGA Tour career Amarillo's Ryan Palmer will be paired with Tiger Woods in a tour event.

Ready To Rumble
One of the best rivalries in the Central Hockey League is about to add another chapter to its history.

Bonds back to Bay Area
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Exhausted and testy, San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds returned to the Bay Area on Thursday to continue rehabilitating his surgically repaired right knee because the Giants think SBC Park is better suited for him than the team's spring complex.

Young entrenched as Texas' shortstop
SURPRISE, Ariz. - Michael Young came to spring training this time with no questions about where he would play for the Texas Rangers, and still not sure why everybody else made such a big deal about his position switch last year.

Think you've been cloned?
Imagine this. Your cell phone bill is way, way over its normal amount. It lists pages and pages of calls to and from Mexico. You've never been to Mexico. You don't remember calling Mexico.

Celebrate Youth: Alexis Nelson
Achievements: Alexis is 10 years old and in the fourth grade. She is on the A honor roll and has the highest number of points in the accelerated reading program at Woodlands with 340 points.

Celebrate Youth - Hart Wilmarth
Achievements: Hart is 11 years old and in the sixth grade. He is a straight-A student and has played the violin for two years in the orchestra at St. Andrew's.

Corrections
An article in Sunday's Lifestyles section about The Court Appointed Special Advocates incorrectly listed the date for the organization's fund-raising "Run for the Light."

Cat show canceled
According to Vicki Perry with the city of Amarillo Civic Center, the Cat Show, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Civic Center, has been canceled.

U.S. groups targeting terrorists' bank funds
The three Hamas bombers packed their explosives with the deadly tools of the terrorists' trade: screws, metal spikes, and tainted shards of glass meant to shred and maim their victims.

Officer injured in accident
An Amarillo police officer suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday morning when a pickup ran into the back of his unmarked police car.

Henry: Republicans pull plug on conservatism
"It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the federal government and those reserved to the states or to the people. All of us need to be reminded that the federal government did not create the states. The states created the federal government."

Editorial: Living wills answer questions
Considering that Congress occasionally has a way of usurping power that belongs to individuals - such as in the terrible saga of Terri Schiavo - average Americans are being forced to fight back.

Letters To The Editor: Organ team right here in Amarillo
LifeGift Organ Donation Center is proud to serve the Panhandle community - including Amarillo - by providing opportunities for individuals to donate their organs and tissue to save the lives of others through transplantation and research.

Texas City remains 'a great place'
TEXAS CITY - The rotten-egg smell from the refineries, the chemical haze, the constant hiss that sounds like an idling jet plane, the explosions and fires - they are part of life in Texas City.

Rap song has student facing stalking charge
MESQUITE - A North Texas high school student was indicted on felony stalking charges over a rap song he recorded that threatened another student, officials said Wednesday.

14 feared dead in refinery blast
TEXAS CITY - A thunderous explosion tore through a BP oil refinery Wednesday, shooting flames and billowing smoke into the sky and showering the area with ash and chunks of charred metal. At least 14 were feared dead and more than 100 were injured.

More schools could fail under proposed plan
DALLAS - Hundreds more schools could be rated "academically unacceptable" under a proposal by a Texas Education Agency committee that would require more students to pass the state's standardized tests.